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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4062 

To establish a pilot program to assess the use of technology to speed up 

and enhance the cargo inspection process at land ports of entry along 

the border. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2024 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program to assess the use of technology 

to speed up and enhance the cargo inspection process 

at land ports of entry along the border. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Contraband Awareness 

5 Technology Catches Harmful Fentanyl Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CATCH Fentanyl Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

5 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

7 of the House of Representatives. 

8 (2) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AI.—The terms 

9 ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ and ‘‘AI’’ have the meaning 

10 given the term ‘‘artificial intelligence’’ in section 

11 238(g) of the John S. McCain National Defense Au12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

13 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4061 note). 

14 (3) CBP INNOVATION TEAM.—The term ‘‘CBP 

15 Innovation Team’’ means the U.S. Customs and 

16 Border Protection Innovation Team within the Of17 fice of the Commissioner. 

18 (4) NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY; 

19 NII TECHNOLOGY.—The terms ‘‘nonintrusive inspec20 tion technology’’ and ‘‘NII technology’’ means tech21 nical equipment and machines, such as X-ray or 

22 gamma-ray imaging equipment, that allow cargo in23 spections without the need to open the means of 

24 transport and unload the cargo. 


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1 (5) PILOT PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘pilot 

2 projects’’ means the projects required under section 

3 3(a) for testing and assessing the use of technologies 

4 to improve the inspection process at land ports of 

5 entry. 

6 SEC. 3. PILOT PROJECTS ALLOWING ADDITIONAL TECH7 NOLOGY PROVIDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN IN8 SPECTING CARS, TRUCKS, AND CARGO CON9 TAINERS AT CERTAIN PORTS OF ENTRY. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

13 of Homeland Security, acting through CBP Innova14 tion Team, and in coordination with the Office of 

15 Field Operations, shall begin the implementation of 

16 pilot projects for testing and assessing the use of 

17 technologies or technology enhancements to improve 

18 the process for inspecting, including by increasing 

19 efficiencies of such inspections, any conveyance or 

20 mode of transportation at land ports of entry along 

21 the borders of the United States. The technologies 

22 or technology enhancements tested and assessed 

23 under the pilot projects shall be for the purpose of 

24 assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection per25 sonnel to detect contraband, illegal drugs, illegal 


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1 weapons, and threats on inbound and outbound traf2 fic, in conjunction with the use of imaging equip3 ment, radiation portal monitors, and chemical detec4 tors. 

5 (2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the 

7 pilot projects at ports of entry, the CBP Inno8 vation Team shall test and collect data regard9 ing not fewer than 5 types of nonintrusive in10 spection technology enhancements that can be 

11 deployed at land ports of entry. The CBP Inno12 vation Team shall test technology enhancements 

13 from not fewer than 1 of the following cat14 egories: 

15 (i) Artificial intelligence. 

16 (ii) Machine learning. 

17 (iii) High-performance computing. 

18 (iv) Quantum information sciences, in19 cluding quantum sensing. 

20 (v) Other emerging technology. 

21 (B) IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE EN22 HANCEMENTS.—The pilot projects shall identify 

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1 sive inspection systems and other inspection 

2 systems used at land ports of entry based on— 

3 (i) the technology enhancement’s abil4 ity to assist U.S. Customs and Border 

5 Protection accurately detect contraband, il6 legal drugs, illegal weapons, or threats in 

7 inbound and outbound traffic; 

8 (ii) the technology enhancement’s abil9 ity to increase efficiencies of inspections to 

10 assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

11 address long wait times; 

12 (iii) the technology enhancement’s 

13 ability to improve capabilities of aging de14 tection equipment and infrastructure at 

15 land ports of entry; 

16 (iv) the technology enhancement’s 

17 safety relative to As Low As Reasonably 

18 Achievable (ALARA) standard practices; 

19 (v) the expected cost of implementing 

20 the new technology; 

21 (vi) the ability to integrate the new 

22 technology into the existing workflow and 

23 infrastructure; 

24 (vii) the technology enhancement’s 

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1 ognition technology using standard formats 

2 and open architecture; 

3 (viii) the mobility of technology en4 hancements; and 

5 (ix) other performance measures iden6 tified by the CBP Innovation Team. 

7 (C) PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT.—The 

8 CBP Innovation Team may solicit input from 

9 representatives of the private sector regarding 

10 commercially viable technologies. 

11 (3) NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS PRO12 GRAM.—The CBP Innovation Team shall work with 

13 existing nonintrusive inspection systems programs 

14 within U.S. Customs and Border Protection when 

15 planning and developing the pilot projects required 

16 under paragraph (1). 

17 (b) TERMINATION.—The pilot projects shall termi18 nate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act. 

20 (c) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 3 years 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 180 days 

22 after the termination of the pilot projects pursuant to sub23 section (b), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub24 mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 

25 that contains— 


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1 (1) an analysis of the effectiveness of tech2 nology enhancements tested based on the require3 ments described in subsection (a)(2); 

4 (2) any recommendations from the testing and 

5 analysis concerning the ability to utilize such tech6 nologies at all land ports of entry; 

7 (3) a plan to utilize new technologies that meet 

8 the performance goals of the pilot projects across all 

9 U.S. Customs and Border Protection land ports of 

10 entry at the border, including total costs and a 

11 breakdown of the costs of such plan, including any 

12 infrastructure improvements that may be required to 

13 accommodate recommended technology enhance14 ments; and 

15 (4) the analysis described in subsection (d). 

16 (d) AREAS OF ANALYSIS.—The report required under 

17 subsection (c) shall include an analysis containing— 

18 (1) quantitative measurements of performance 

19 based on the requirements described in subsection 

20 (a)(2) of each technology tested compared with the 

21 status quo to reveal a broad picture of the perform22 ance of technologies and technology enhancements, 

23 such as— 

24 (A) the probability of detection, false alarm 

25 rate, and throughput; and 


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1 (B) an analysis determining whether such 

2 observed performance represents a significant 

3 increase, decrease, or no change compared with 

4 current systems; 

5 (2) an assessment of the relative merits of each 

6 such technology; 

7 (3) any descriptive trends and patterns ob8 served; and 

9 (4) performance measures for— 

10 (A) the technology enhancement’s ability to 

11 assist with the detection of contraband on in12 bound and outbound traffic through automated 

13 (primary) inspection by measuring and report14 ing the probability of detection and false alarm 

15 rate for each NII system under operational con16 ditions; 

17 (B) the throughput of cargo through each 

18 NII system with a technology enhancement, in19 cluding a breakdown of the time needed for 

20 U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 

21 (i) to complete the image review proc22 ess and clear low-risk shipments; and 

23 (ii) to complete additional inspections 

24 of high-risk items; 


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1 (C) changes in U.S. Customs and Border 

2 Protection officer time commitments and per3 sonnel needs to sustain high volume NII scan4 ning operations when technology enhancements 

5 are utilized; and 

6 (D) operational costs, including— 

7 (i) estimated implementation costs for 

8 each NII system with technology enhance9 ments; and 

10 (ii) estimated cost savings due to im11 proved efficiency due to technology en12 hancements, if applicable. 

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